A determinedly eccentric old guy's journey while living a bicycle lifestyle.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

When Inutitive Isn't

At
my recent
physical examination, courtesy of the Geriatric Section of Randall VA)
I was advised to add supplemental calcium and Vitamin D to my diet. I
checked the amount of each in the 50+ multiple vitamin I have taken for
a few years. When I compared it to iconic One-a-Day'sÒ 65+ both were
present in greater amounts. The cost appeared to be significantly less,
also, and where vitamins are concerned cost is a primary consideration,
but 150 tablets for slightly more than half the cost of 50 of the other
brand seemed wrong.

When the name of a product is "One-a-Day"
its dosage should be obvious, but when I checked my aged-eyes couldn't
find a definitive statement to "take one tablet with meals" or
something similar. After hanging some readers on my nose and looking
more closely . . . The pictures show the proper dosage.

Usually,
I'm not moved by the inequities of "ageism" but needing to put on
reading glasses to find that the intuitive answer was the wrong answer
took me aback. I say, "Large Print for Old Eyes!"